HMV

Poor old music stores. The advent of IPods and online stores may have been the beginning of the end for the traditional music store, with Zavvi the most high profile casualty, but HMV isn’t going down without a fight, and this is a really nice store away from the supremely busy nature of the flagship HMV store in Belfast.
I used to buy a lot of music when I was younger and had no financial demands to me, and I am now shamefully a downloader of epic proportion, but I can always say that I enjoy having a physical entity more than just a download. I love having the feel of the box, the warm sound of the CD and leaving through the artwork, and I have similar feelings towards DVDs as well.
This store has a very good selection of all the best music in all genres of music, and the same can be said of DVDs. The store has a good selection of memorabilia and music/​movie tie ins like t shirts and posters, and hs recently expanded its selection of music players and accessories and video games and consoles. The store is clean and well laid out, with the staff friendly from my experience.
Unfortunately me, my 1.5TB Hard Drive, WD Media Player and Utorrent and a range of websites means my visits are increasingly irregular… sorry HMV!